Chesses

[DedlellyDeth]

Does anyone play Chess or any of it's many variants?

I'm registered as John Smith on the site if you'd like to check out any of the variants I've invented. I am a Chess variant enthusiast.

The most popular Chesses are:

FIDE Chess - AKA International Chess, Western Chess, or simply Chess, traditionally played in England and widely played around the world. Has considerable theory developed, with high social prestige, though it frequently is viewed as being "played out", enough knowledge of it known that it becomes a draw at the Grandmaster level, and the least exciting of the three major Chesses.

Xiang Qi - The most popular Chess variant by population, traditionally played in China. A great detour from FIDE Chess, Xiang Qi is the ancient variant with weak pieces, but somehow more fast-paced and aggressive games than FIDE Chess. It is known for more sacrifice common than in FIDE Chess, and widely promoted as the "new Chess". Some of the guys are "scientific" (Chinese supremacist perhaps?) assholes, however.

Shogi - A Japanese variant of Chess praised for the ability to reuse enemies' pieces as own, eliminating drawish endgames. Has pieces in between strength of Xiang Qi and Chess, with almost every piece promoting, albeit a bit monotonously, with extreme planning required as captured pieces can be dropped almost anywhere on the board, and known for surprises and extreme changes of tide throughout the game. It is my favorite Chess variant.

If you want to learn how to play FIDE Chess, check out this easy tutorial.

[Archem]

I dabble in chess a little. Haven't played in years, though.

[FFL2and3rocks]

I used to play chess years ago because I had this nifty little thing that had a bunch of games (chess, checkers, backgammon, Chinese checkers, maybe one or two others that I can't remember). I kept forgetting how to set up the damn board, though.

[fruckert]

I do so every now and then, but I end up getting pwnd

[Rahl]

I suck at chess

[Razor]

I'll play chess but nobody I know does or has a board to do it on.
Also I'm bad at it

[zuhane]

I reckon an RPG chess would be cool. You gain more move spaces, immunities or new attacks and pieces.

How sad do I sound? But yeah

[Cerebus]

I rarely ever play mostly because I lack opponents. It's fun.
If you want a real challenge, play against "Chess Master" on the SNES. Not sure about the others, but the SNES one always get me.

[Red Giant]

I reckon an RPG chess would be cool. You gain more move spaces, immunities or new attacks and pieces.

Replacing ingenuity and strategy for grind?
No thanks.


Chess Fact; there are more possible moves in chess then there are particles in the observable universe.

[Razor]

The void of space is infinite, the particles within that void are finite.

[Red Giant]

Really? I believe that there are a few billion chess moves that one could do... But arent there infinite observable particles in the universe? Since the universe is infinite?

Observable being all that we can see. Universe could be infinite, but we certainly can't see it all.

[zuhane]

Replacing ingenuity and strategy for grind?
No thanks.


Chess Fact; there are more possible moves in chess then there are particles in the observable universe.

I'd keep it pretty straightforward. You could have levels which aren't squares, they actually have different floors
and things to jump and puzzles etc... somehow

[Fisherson]

Does anyone play Chess or any of it's many variants?

I'm registered as John Smith on the site if you'd like to check out any of the variants I've invented. I am a Chess variant enthusiast.

The most popular Chesses are:

FIDE Chess - AKA International Chess, Western Chess, or simply Chess, traditionally played in England and widely played around the world. Has considerable theory developed, with high social prestige, though it frequently is viewed as being "played out", enough knowledge of it known that it becomes a draw at the Grandmaster level, and the least exciting of the three major Chesses.

Xiang Qi - The most popular Chess variant by population, traditionally played in China. A great detour from FIDE Chess, Xiang Qi is the ancient variant with weak pieces, but somehow more fast-paced and aggressive games than FIDE Chess. It is known for more sacrifice common than in FIDE Chess, and widely promoted as the "new Chess". Some of the guys are "scientific" (Chinese supremacist perhaps?) assholes, however.

Shogi - A Japanese variant of Chess praised for the ability to reuse enemies' pieces as own, eliminating drawish endgames. Has pieces in between strength of Xiang Qi and Chess, with almost every piece promoting, albeit a bit monotonously, with extreme planning required as captured pieces can be dropped almost anywhere on the board, and known for surprises and extreme changes of tide throughout the game. It is my favorite Chess variant.

If you want to learn how to play FIDE Chess, check out this easy tutorial.

I love chess. I have PS2 game that lets me re-create some of the greatest chess matches of history and I have several strategies that I have developed. Heck I've been thinking about making a chess system in RM03 lately.

[Grandy]

I like chess. Am by no means good at it, though.

[DedlellyDeth]

We cant see it all now. Who knows in a few years?

Really? I believe that there are a few billion chess moves that one could do... But arent there infinite observable particles in the universe? Since the universe is infinite?

What.